Once again, can journalists please stop quoting Newt Gingrich decrying partisanship without comment?

Gingrich was interrupted with applause once, when he called for an end to the biting partisanship critics say has polarized national politics and paralyzed the workings of government.

“We have got to get past this partisan baloney, where I’m not allowed to say anything good about Hillary Clinton because ‘I’m not a loyal Republican,’ and she’s not allowed to say anything good about me, or she’s not a ‘loyal’ Democrat. What a stupid way to run a country.”

For those who have (apparently) forgotten, Gingrich’s political action committee infamously encouraged Republicans to “speak like Newt” by referring to their opponents using “contrast” words such as “anti- (issue): flag, family, child, jobs,” “betray,” “corrupt,” “endanger,” “lie,” “pathetic,” “radical,” “shame,” “sick,” “steal,” “threaten,” and “traitors.”